http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:49:37 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/{IF}/misc/rss.jpg http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/24047-battle-honours-foot-guards-regiments-1939-1945-a.html Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00:27 GMT As requested by a certain member who's name escapes me.

Details from The Battle Honours of the Second World War 1939-1945.

All the information below is compiled from Official Records at Kew. ]]> Allied Units Drew5233 http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/24047-battle-honours-foot-guards-regiments-1939-1945-a.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23995-yorkshire-yeomanry-9th-koyli.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:26:41 GMT My nephew is doing a school project and has chosen as his subject a soldier in the Yorkshire Yeomanry WW2. I believe they were the 9th KOYLI and would like an overview of their locations and actions... My nephew is doing a school project and has chosen as his subject a soldier in the Yorkshire Yeomanry WW2. I believe they were the 9th KOYLI and would like an overview of their locations and actions please. Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
John ]]> Allied Units old-ted http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23995-yorkshire-yeomanry-9th-koyli.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23939-7th-royal-tank-regiment-r-c.html Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:09:35 GMT I've been researching my Great Uncle's movements during WW2. Not a great amount is known of what he done and the circumstances surrounding his death.
I've actually got his full military record from the MOD on order however it's a 6 - 9 month ETA.
In the meantime the facts I know are below -

Trooper Donald Frederick Cornwallis Stuart
7th Royal Tank Regiment R.A.C.
Service No. 328599
Date of Death - 14/11/1942

I know from research that the 7th RTC were captured at Tobruk during the battle of Gazala around mid-1942.

Other then the above, the only other information is a story that has been passed through the family, how accurate it is I do not know. It states that he was on a hospital ship with a leg injury and that the ship was torpedoed which is why there is no official grave for him.

ANY help, would be greatly appreciated and I'd like to thank you in advance for any replies. ]]> Allied Units Ewing75 http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23939-7th-royal-tank-regiment-r-c.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23900-50th-division-question.html Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:57:26 GMT Anyone know what FSP CMP stands for?

It's an abbreviation of a unit in 50 Div's Orbat?

Anything to do with Signals by chance?

Cheers
A ]]> Allied Units Drew5233 http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23900-50th-division-question.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23797-21st-army-grp-artillery-formation-sign.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:25:04 GMT I know I may have posted something on this before, but have never got to the bottom of it. Was the Formation Sign on the cover of the 9Agra History (proper) or just made up for the book, I know... I know I may have posted something on this before, but have never got to the bottom of it.
Was the Formation Sign on the cover of the 9Agra History (proper) or just made up for the book, I know there are variations on the 21st AG patch but I have never seen it anywhere before.
Cheers
Rob



]]> Allied Units Rob Dickers http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23797-21st-army-grp-artillery-formation-sign.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23736-129th-battery-15th-isle-man-regt-laa-royal-artillery-crete.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:57:35 GMT Just spent a couple of facinating hours chatting with my neighbour, Gunner George Hamlet who was the number 2 on a Bofors gun at the harbour in Suda Bay Crete as the British & New Zealand troops were being pulled out in the days leading up to the 20th of may 1941 when the German paras assaulted at Malame. The 4 gun battery are credited with shooting down 38 german aircraft, mostly Stukas, as they attacked in constant waves against the harbour as the troops tried to evacuate the island. Having themselves missed the last ship out they were told to make their way to a small fishing village called Sfakia where the very last ships were leaving from a few nights later.
After a gruelling 60 mile trek across the white mountains with hardy any food or drink he and the other men from his battery made it to the village only to see the lights of the last Navy destroyer fading into the distance. Then starts an amazing story of survival of the fittest as they woke up on the beach with the jackboots of German mountain troops kicking them awake, and 4 years as a POW in camps all over Germany.
I am interested in finding out more about the 129/15 LAA during the war,if indeed they continued to exist after Crete.. ]]> Allied Units IrishSoldier http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23736-129th-battery-15th-isle-man-regt-laa-royal-artillery-crete.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23679-43rd-wessex-division-elbe-late-45-a.html Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:04:56 GMT Trying to find any info on the 43rd (W) Div, 130 Bde guarding the frontier on the Elbe River with the Russians and dealing with DP's in LATE 1945, also 8th Middx same place same time.
Cheers
Rob ]]> Allied Units Rob Dickers http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23679-43rd-wessex-division-elbe-late-45-a.html http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23598-126-laa-may-1945-a.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:37:46 GMT Does anyone maybe has the WD of the period for this unit? a number of men were killed near a place called Zwartewaal whilst handling ammunition. Does anyone maybe has the WD of the period for this unit? a number of men were killed near a place called Zwartewaal whilst handling ammunition. ]]> Allied Units Philip Reinders http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units/23598-126-laa-may-1945-a.html